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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11602
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14854
13 Actual Demand 11288
14 Aggregate Planning 12331
15 Air Cargo 10227
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6741
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34994
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15407
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19419
20 Assembly Line 22755
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23119
22 Average Speed of Answer 26653
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23335
24 Batch Production 38674
25 Bill Discounting 14684
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11362
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7240
28 Blanket Release 10127
29 Bonded Warehouse 10159
30 Booking Number 13974
31 Bottleneck 9664
32 Buffer Stock 59585
33 Build to Stock 13116
34 Bullwhip Effect 9805
35 Business Logistics 25979
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12672
37 Capacity Management 40983
38 Capacity Utilization 14243
39 Capital Intensive 8547
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8895
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12253
42 Certified Supplier 9042
43 Channel Effectiveness 9026
44 Co-Destiny 9403
45 Co-managed Inventory 12679
46 Co-Packers 11876
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6982
48 Computer-Based Training 7775
49 Consular Invoice 19970
50 Container Depot 10700
51 Container Freight Station 10351
52 Continuous Replenishment 19679
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12184
54 Contract Carrier 7376
55 Contract of Affreightment 11510
56 Control Charts 8044
57 Cost Flow 10380
58 Courier Service 15378
59 CPFR 8315
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11910
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44430
62 Date Code 18463
63 Days of Supply 19976
64 Dead on Arrival 9461
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7396
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8220
67 Detective Control 9012
68 Devanning 14321
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11077
70 Dispatching 24737
71 Distributed Inventory 8450
72 Distribution Channel Management 35063
73 Distribution Metrics 9276
74 Distribution Planning 24341
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15375
76 Double Marginalization 52961
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22524
78 Dual 5505
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20734
80 Echelon Inventory 26360
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38401
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50066
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7711
84 Efficient Frontier 25670
85 Engineer-to-Order 31924
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16725
87 Erlang B Formula 9445
88 ETD 8418
89 Ex Works 7912
90 Exception Rate 13636
91 Exponential smoothing 9916
92 External Growth 10195
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9621
94 Field Services 7807
95 Field Warehouse 10871
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8923
97 Fishbone Diagram 14727
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27269
99 Flow Through Distribution 12435
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8291
101 FOB Destination 13170
102 Forward buying 30365
103 Freight Charge 10499
104 Freight Consolidation 7607
105 Gantt Chart 8358
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11867
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29723
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12801
109 Hub 23584
110 Idle Time 8157
 
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